Short Fiction

Ward – F(r)iction, Winter 2024

Hunter/Gatherer – Neotext 2023

The Ones He Takes – Christmas and Other Horrors, Titan 2023

American Criminal — Neotext 2023

North Border — Neotext 2022

Hag –  When Things Get Dark – 2021

The Wereworld — Neotext 2021

House of Ash — Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine 2020

The Apartment – Esquire, February 2015

Suicide Woods – McSweeney’s, Winter 2013/14

Excerpt from RED MOON – Esquire, May 2013

The Dummy – Cemetery Dance, Issue 70, May 2013

GravityEsquire, June 2012

Wanting Only To Be Gone – The Normal School, Fall 2011

Writs of PossessionVirginia Quarterly Review, Spring 2011

The Rubberband Gun – The Iowa Review, Fall 2010

The Roof PeopleWorld Literature Today, guest-edited by Alan Cheuse, September 2010

The Cold BoyGulf Coast, Winter/Spring 2011

The Locksmith (an excerpt from The Wilding, a novel) – Tin House, “Class in America” issue, Fall 2010

The Red Balloon – Ploughshares, Winter 2010-2011

Wanting Only to be GoneEsquire UK, October 2010

James Franco – Esquire, September 2010

The Neighborhood – The Drum (a literary magazine for your ears), Issue 2, June 2010

The SunderingFogged Clarity, June 2010

Dogfight – Los Angeles Review, Spring 2010

Who Is This Host Arrayed In White – Southern Indiana Review, Fall 2009

Heart of a Bear – Orion, March/April 2010

When the Bear CameHarvard Advocate, The Bestiary Issue, Winter 2010

The Long, Black Coat – Cemetery Dance, Issue #64, Winter 2009/10

The Rifle – Texas Review, Winter 2009/2010

The Mud Man – The Southern Review, Winter 2010

The Mud Man – Untitled Books (UK), Winter 2009

The Tree – University of Plymouth Press (UK), Fall 2009

The Tree – Ecotone, Fall 2009

Terminal – Ninth Letter, Fall/Winter 2009

Run – The L Magazine, Summer Fiction Issue, 2008

Somebody Is Going To Have to Pay For This – Barcelona Review, Issue 63, May 2008

April 20, 2008 – Esquire, May, 2008

The Long, Black Coat – Hobart, Fall 2007

The Killing – Salt Hill Journal, Fall 2007

The WhisperCream City Review, Fall 2007

So Far From Anything – Esquire, October, 2007

When the Bear Came – American Short Fiction, Summer 2007

In the Rough – The Antioch Review, Summer 2007

The Caves in OregonGlimmer Train, Issue #64, Fall 2007

Dial ToneMissouri Review, Issue 30:2, Summer 2007

Somebody Is Going to Have to Pay for This – The Paris Review, Issue #180, Spring 2007

The Faulty Builder – ReDivider, Vol. 4, Issue# 2, Spring 2007

Obsidian Junior High — November – Esquire, February 2007

Where to Begin – Minnesota Monthly, $1,000 winner of the Tamarack Award, March 2007

Unearthed – Rosebud, Issue #36, Summer 2006

The Hand Storyglossia, Issue #13, April 2006

Refresh, Refresh – The Paris Review, #175, Winter 2005

The Bearded Lady Says Goodnight – Swink, Issue #3, Spring 2006

Winter’s Trappings – Hayden’s Ferry Review, Issue 36, Spring/Summer 2005

The Iron Moth – Greensboro Review, Spring 2005

The Woods – AMAZING Stories, Issue #608, January 2005

The Funeralgoer – Carve Magazine, January 2005

UnearthedSycamore Review, Winter/Spring 2005

Bigfooting – Rosebud, Winter 2004/05

CrashWestern Humanities Review, Fall 2004

Swans – Idaho Review, $1,000 Editor’s Prize, Volume VI, 2004

The Whale – The Land-Grant College Review, Featured Author for March 2004

The Indian WayFrostProof Review, Inaugural Issue, Spring 2004

Zombies! – Midnight Mind Magazine, Page-One Column, Spring 2004

Getting the Most Out of Your WeekendPindeldyboz, Fall 2003

The Worst University EverMidnight Mind Magazine, Page-One Column, Summer 2003

The Language of Elk – Greensboro Review, Spring 2003

The Whale – Florida Review, Spring 2003

FallingThe Chicago Tribune, $1,500 Nelson Algren Award, Sunday, October 27, 2002

Placeville – The Eternal Night, September 2002

What Would You Rather? – Mississippi Review, “Ordinary Evil” Issue, Summer 2002